Folding door for garages



Apr. 10, 1.923- Y 1,451,619

*s LATRAcE FOLDING DOOR FQR GARAGES 'Filed sept. '7, 1921 2 sheets-heet J nl u n i (0 l f m Q (u I. i

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1 f Saftwe INVENTOR WITNESSES (i2/agay@ Patented Apr. 10, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE.

SEPTIAMUS LATRACE, F SASKATOON, CVANADA..

FOLDING Doon For. .Gaaaaas application slasepfmber-r, 192i. serial No. 499,013.

5, respectively. The sections 4 and 5` are hlngedly mounted upon each other at 6.--

he upper section 4 has two vertical brace bars 7, each provided with4 an extensionS. The en s of the extensions 8ar'e pivot'ed to the blocks 9 by means of hingesvlO for supporting the door. vBrace bars 11 are also se "c ured near the outer ends-of. the lower sec-'- tion of the door and through which braces An object of this invention is to provide a new and improved folding door for garages which may be operated at a distance from the front of the garage in orderthat it 16 will be unnecessary for the driver to' get .out of his car either to openor close the door ;l

and it further contemplates a new and improved device whereby not only a closure for the entrance of the garage is provided,

i@ but likewise a sheltering means when` the door is open, which will direct rain or snow away from the entrance or vprotect a workman from the sun when doing any work in front of the arage.

35 The invention further contemplates a novel means for operating the folding door.

The invention will be `best understood from'a consideration of the following de,- tailed description taken in connection with the W accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, with the understandin howare passed the securing means for the lower leaves of the .the sections 4 Upon a block 13a hinges `12 pivotally connectingl and 5, of the door. v fastened on the outer portion of .the upper section4 of the door 3 is attached a lbracket;

13 to which is secured, at 70 "14, a rope 15 leading upwardly and' over a l pulley 16 which lis bracket 17 secured to the the front of the garage. then directed downwardly to the outwardlyproyecting en'd of the supportin beam 2 and ere passed over a pulley` 18r revo ubly mountrevo ubly mounted in a upper portion of The rope 15 is ed in a depending bracket 19 supported upon -the end of the beam 2. ried downwardly sufficiently to, be within reach door.

The rope is then carof a person who desires to raise the The supporting beam 2 is braced by means of a stay 20 secured to one end ofthe'` beain 2 and also to the upper front portion of the garage.

The lower end of the section 5 of the door ever, that the invention isnot con ed to any strict conformity with the'showing 1n the drawing, but may be changedA and modi- 'fied so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from :the salient features of the yinvention as expressed in the appended claims. K y

In the drawingrp Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of a garage with the partsV bro en/ away toshowpmy improved echanisjjn ap lied to a' rage.r v 'lower end ofthe lower section 5of the fold- Fig. f' is a front e evation o agarage, ing, door. Rope 23a likewise secured'to the showing the folding door-"partly open. lower section 5 of the folding door `is car- Fig. 3 is a side elevation `ofa garage showried downward and passed around a pulley 100 ing the folding door in full' open position 27 mounted in a bracket 28 which is secured serving as a sheltering means. y v to the floor ofthe garage. Rope23 isthence Referring to the .'drawing, 1 designatesa\ directed upwardl and over-anotherpulley garage provided with an outwardly-project# '29 which is likewise mounted '1n brackets seingl support or beam 2, lthe inner poition of 'cured'to the side wall on the inside of the 105 which is secured to one side 'of thegrage ingarage, and then directedoutwardly through l any approved manner.- v n i -an'opening-.in the front wall of the garage, Hingedl mounted upon the pper front and passed over a pulley revolubly mountportion-o the garage 'is a folding door 3 Ted-in the"- bracket 19 on the end of the supy comprising upper and lower sections 4 and port 2. This rope 23"- is extended downu provided with rollers 21 adapted to ride upon the front edges of the jambs 22 of the door and to prevent friction between the lower end of the Adoor and the door jamb when the dooris elevated or lowered. A rope 23, upon the end of which is secured al coun'terbalance 24, is directed upwardly, and overv a pulley 25 mounted ina bracket 26 upon the interior of the arage, and then is directed rdownwardly an secured to the wardly suiiciently from the pulley to be within reach of a person who desires to lower the door and close the entrance to the garage;

As shown in Fig. 3, the entrance to the gara e is open and the door is in elevated position and the\upper section is inclined slightly downwardyfrom the'front of the garage so that it may'act as a portable sheltering means or cover for the space directly in front of the entrance of the garage. The operation of my device is as follows: In Fig. 1, an utomobile 31 is shown' just beyond the entrance of the garage 1, with the driver pulling downwardly upon the rope 23a. This downward pull upon the rope 23a will raise that portion of the rope between thek pulleys Q7 and 29 and draw the section4 5 of the door downwardly, raising the counterbalance 24:, when the door will be neatly closed against the entrance.

If it be desired to enter thev garage, the rope 15 will likewise be drawn downwardly, when 4the section 15"' of the rope, will be raised, drawing the section 4 of the fold- Veo ' A folding door of ing door upwardly and outwardly from the garage and also the section 5 will be elevated, vbut'since the rope 23 is secured to the end of the section 5, the counterbalance 24 having a tendency to descendwill readily cause the lower vend 5a of the section 5 to be raised until the folding door is shown as elevated in the position illustrated by Fig.3 of the drawing..

It will be seen that it will be unnecessary for the driver of a car, when leaving the arage, to get out of his car to close the door, since he may pull upon the rope Q3 and thus close the door again; oi' if he desires to enter ,the garage, the door being closed, he may pullupon the rope 15,l whenthe `door will beelevated and raised out of his way.

this type may readily operate since any obstructions, such as snow or ice, that happen,k to be near the door will not interfere with its operation, the

.door being lifted above the obstructions instead of being swung outwardly into the same. The raised" position of the door, shown `in Fig. 3, provides protection from rain or snow when working near the door to repair any part of the car. lt is here noted that the twosections of the door are disposed at an acute angle to each otherwhen in the raised open position. What is claimed is :e

1. A folding 'door for a garage comprising upper and lower door sections hingedly connected to fold one above the other at an angle toy each other when in open position,4 `with the upper section hinedly mounted -at one end on `the front o the garage and extending outwardly therefrom 1n a downwardlyinclined position, and the lower section having rollersat its inner end ying the end of bearing on the front two sections providing, tion, a sheltering means doorway, lower door section, a' rigid beam'extending outwardly from the front of the gara-ge and of greater length than either door section so as to project beyond the door sections when the latter are folded, pulleys mounted on the beam, and a pair of ropes passed over the pulleys and both depending from the beam, one of said ropes beconnected to the upper section for opening the door and the other rope being connected to the lower section for closing the door. y

2. In a folding door for a garage, a rigid support secured to the side ot' the garageand extending outwardly from thc front of the same, and vupper and lower sections of a door hingedly mounted upon each other and also hingedly supported on the `front of the garage, a rope connected to the lower section of the door and directed over a pulley, a. counterbalance secured to the inner end of the rope. a second rope secured to the lower sectionlof the door, supported by and depending downwardly from the outer end of the support and directed over spaced pulleys, said rope being adapted when operated to close the garage door, a third rope directed over a pulley on the end of the projecting support and over a pulley mounted on the of the garage, the when in raised posifor the front of the gar-age, one end of said last-mentioned rope being'secured to the upper .section of the door, the other end of said rope depending downwardly -froni the end of the support in juxtaposition to the outer end of the second-mentioned rope` said third rope being adapted when operated to open and fold the door, said door when in open position being arranged above Athe doorway and rojecting outwardly over the latter there y providingan inclined roof whereby a sheltering means for a space in front of the door of the garage is formed.

,3. A folding door for a garage, comprising a pair of door sections hingedly mounted upon each other, one of said sections being hingedly mounted on the front of the garage above the door opening, a counterbalance connected to the other door section, and means for raising and folding the door sections one above theI other and aboye the door opening, the said door when in raised position having its sections so positioned that one of said sections is located directly beneath the other section with the upper. section' iiclined downwardly away from the front of the garage to provide a sheltering means for-the space in front of the door. l

4. A foldingdoor for af garage, comprising upper and lower sections hingedly cona counterbalance connected to the angle* when in open position, the upperv section being4 hingedly mounted at one end on the front of the garage above the door opening andthe lower section extending at .an angle to the upper section and bearing` on the outside of the garage74 a rigid support extending outwardly from the garage and projecting beyond the sections when folded, rollers on the lower end of the lower section to run on the door jambs, a rope connected to the lower door section and directed. over a pulley, a counterbalance secured to the free end of said rope, a second rope secured to the lower section of the door andnpported-by and' depending downwardly from the outer end of the supportv and adapted when operatedtp close the garage door, and another ropedircted overa pulley onthe end oi thekprof jefcting support `and over a pulley mounted on the garage,` one end of said last-mem' tibned rope being securedy to the upper door section, said last-mentioned rope being adapted when operated to open and fold the door, said door sections when in open position above the dooropening. providing an inclined roof whereby for a space in frontof garage is formed.

i In testimony,y that I claim the foregoing a's myl own, I have hereto affixed my sig- 4 sEPTIAMUs LATRACE.

a sheltering means the door of the nature. 

